Genesis of Christian Nationalism
The NAR Today
In the United States, the NAR has become a driver for pro-Trump, far-right policies that promote a Christian worldview in government. Although not an NAR leader herself, Paula White-Cain, Trump’s personal pastor of over 20 years, has been instrumental in connecting NAR leaders to Trump through her roles in his campaign and administration.
Just as Reagan recognized the political possibility of evangelical voters in the 1980s, powerful Republicans like House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia have aligned themselves with the NAR today. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito flew the Appeal to Heaven Flag at his beach house, and Johnson displayed it outside his office. In September, Johnson joined White-Cain on a prayer call and told the audience that God had chosen Trump to be president a second time.
Dutch Sheets: A pastor who popularized the NAR’s use of the “Appeal to Heaven” flag, which appears with him in this promotional image that he posted on social media. Sheets, along with C. Peter Wagner and Cindy Jacobs, has built a network that hosts prayer sessions over conference calls, providing structure for the NAR.